Plan Your Best Summer Adventures with the Argo App
Published: Saturday, July 10, 2021
Every year boaters rely on other boaters to find the best places to go on the water. From the best waterfront restaurants to finding routes to new anchorages or marina destinations, it is always best to ask a friendly boater with experience in your area. Now, with so many new boaters on the water, the need for sharing advice and recommendations is even greater.
Now, boaters can turn to Argo—a free navigation and social app—that makes planning new summer adventures even easier by tapping into a boating community network to plan trips, plot routes, find hot spots, and then share information with friends.
Think of it as having a first mate in your pocket.
Argo helps boaters discover new dock bars, restaurants, anchorages, fishing holes, and historic waterfront towns with descriptions and photos. Argo’s news feeds and messaging functions also allow friends to share experiences or plan their next raft-up.
Not sure how to get there? Argo will auto-route to a chosen destination based on the draft of your boat and provide hazard and map information with help from fellow boaters. During the trip, Argo can track your speed, show water depth, and give an estimated time of arrival. Boaters can even save favorite voyages by logging the route, reports, photos, and comments that can be shared with others.
Recent app releases include enhanced social features for boaters to easily connect with Facebook friends and other boaters, along with the ability for social or yacht club groups to find members, follow routes, or meet up on the water.
As one app store reviewer puts it, “Argo is like Waze on the water!” The active boater community allows you to tap into crowdsourced local boating knowledge, navigation advice, destination reviews, drop pins for hazards, and more. Over 25,000 boaters have already downloaded the app and as users increase, Argo’s information will grow even more robust.
To join the Argo boating community, go to www.argonav.io.
tags: Navigation, Software & Apps
